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Meningitis during COVID -19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A call for concern
(Elsevier, 2022-01-01)
Meningitis is a severe infection and a significant public health challenge. The meningitis outbreak resurfaced amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak ...
Covid-19 daily realities for families: A South African sample
(MPDI, 2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic affected families globally. Empirical research has been explored to
understand the impact of COVID-19 on families across countries, however, there are limited findings
of how COVID-19 has affected ...
COVID-19, measles, and yellow fever: The need to reinforce vaccination in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(Elsevier, 2022-01)
The immunization programs have been jeopardized all over the world due to the stay-at-home constraints
imposed, to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This has directly or indirectly placed the global health
care ...
Relevant HRH leadership during public health emergencies
(2022)
Background: Inadequate leadership capacity compounds the world’s workforce lack of preparedness for outbreaks
of all sizes, as illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Traditional human resources for health (HRH) leadership ...
Predictors of mask-wearing during the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2022)
Background: In the absence of a vaccine, the global spread of
COVID-19 during 2020 has necessitated non-pharmaceutical
interventions to curb the rise of cases. Purpose: The article
uses the health belief model and a ...
Public risk perception and behaviours towards COVID-19 during the first and second waves in Nigeria: a secondary data analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
Objectives To describe changes in public risk perception
and risky behaviours during the first wave (W1) and
second wave (W2) of COVID-19 in Nigeria, associated
factors and observed trend of the outbreak.
Design A ...
South African higher education institutions at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic: Sense-making and lessons learnt
(Frontiers, 2022)
After the unprecedented changes experienced in higher education due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a need to integrate initial thoughts and reflective experience to decide on the way forward. This study aimed to reflect ...
Selection analysis identifies clusters of unusual mutational changes in omicron lineage ba.1 that likely impact spike function
(Oxford University Press, 2022)
Among the 30 nonsynonymous nucleotide substitutions in the Omicron S-gene are 13 that have only rarely been seen
in other SARS-CoV-2 sequences. These mutations cluster within three functionally important regions of the ...
Alcohol ban during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: Lessons for preventing foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2022)
During the two national lockdowns implemented in South Africa to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages were prohibited. There is observational ...
COVID-19: An alternative approach to postgraduate supervision in the digital age
(2022)
Universities globally are facing enormous governmental pressure to increase postgraduate output, and in turn, contribute to the knowledge economy. This pressure is transferred to research supervisors, who have to navigate ...